BIGcast

 In This Episode:

• John provides updates on exciting new developments with CU Ledger and Hyperledger
• Discussion of 2017 Money 20/20’s Artificial Intelligence keynotes by Steve Wozniak and Ray Kurzweil
• Karl Cherry shares his perspectives on the Money 20/20 AI sessions and the endgame for CU Wallet
• The difference between Conversational Commerce and Contextual Commerce, the notion of fintech becoming “ambient,” and GPShopper co-founder Maya Mikhailov’s take on these trends
• John’s take on industry announcements by Uber, Intuit and t0
• PayPal’s and MasterCard’s appeal for fintech to solve the unbanked issue

Links Related To This Episode:

Our earlier BIGCAST featuring Brian Behlendorf of Hyperledger and Drummond Reed of Sovrin: Distributed Ledgers and the Evolution of Identity

More on Hyperledger and Project Indy

GPShopper (now a unit of Synchrony Financial), a retail mobile app strategy, design and development firm

Details of CU Solutions Group’s acquisition of CU Wallet

Karl Cherry on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/karlcherry

Pre-order John Best’s book “Breaking Digital Gridlock"

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s recent book “Hit Refresh”

The “Rick and Morty” “Lawnmower Dog” episode, highlighting the downside of artificial intelligence